[desktop-discuss] What authorities/profile needed to build and install from SFE?

[Laszlo (Laca) Peter]

On Wed, 2008-05-14 at 00:41 +1200, Kaiwai Gardiner wrote:
> > You don't need to run pkgtool via pfexec.  pkgtool calls pfexec when
> > needed (for installing/uninstalling packages).  Otherwise the build
> > should run as a non-privileged user to avoid accidentally messing
> > up your system.
> 
> I have to admit, I've had the same problem as well, even when Software
> Installation is selected, it still doesn't compile. Worse, I think is
> when all the compiling and things are hidden from view, or the links to
> downloading source code are always broken. Its a nightmare from top to
> bottom.

Like I said, Software Installation is only needed for install/uninstall
operations, it doesn't affect in any way whether you can compile or
not.  Download links being out of date is a real issue.  pkgtool has
code for downloading from a mirror site, if someone can offer to set
one up...

Laca